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Mike Sheahan, one of the AFL’s most respected journalists, hosts Open Mike, an insightful interview series featuring some of the greats of the game and providing viewers with the most in-depth and illuminating footy discussions.

Two of the gladiators of Mike Sheahan’s youth were Kevin Murray and John Schultz – one a Lion known as Bulldog, one a Bulldog with a lion-heart. Brownlow Medallists in the same decade, they sit down with Mike Sheahan.

After bringing premiership glory to the Sydney Swans in 2005, Paul Roos was lured out of retirement to lead the Melbourne Demons out of the footballing basement. Foollowing three years at the helm, Paul Roos is sailing into the football sunset. Will he be back? He sits down for a one-on-one with Mike Sheahan.

Andrew Ireland was a quiet achiever in six seasons as a Collingwood player. He is gone about life in administration in the same no fuss fashion with one major difference, finding the success that eluded him as a player. He has been chief executive in 3 premiership years in 2 clubs, Brisbane & Sydney.

Barry Cable was born in grand final week of 1943 – he played in six premierships from nine grand finals for his three WAFL and AFL clubs in one of the most decorated careers in Australian football history. He sits down for a one-on-one with Mike Sheahan.

Only four sets of brothers have kicked more than 1000 goals in VFL / AFL history – the family names are Coventry, Ablett, Matthews, and Rocca. Sav and Anthony Rocca sit third on the table, with 1163 goals. They sit down for a one-on-one with Mike Sheahan.

Football has give us dozens of clever & totally appropriate nicknames down through the years, Captain Blood, Lethal, Hungry, The King, Diesel. Immortal monarchies all of them. Then there's Plough, equally descriptive & adapt for Terry Wallace.

If you believe all you hear & read, Jake King should have had a starring role in underbelly instead of running around as a bit player for Richmond in the AFL. Jake King sits down for a one-one-one with Mike Sheahan.

He is arguably West Coast’s most decorated player in their history, and one of few defenders with a postive win-loss record against Wayne Carey – it was football’s equivalent of Ali and Frazier. Glen Jakovich sits down for a one-on-one with Mike Sheahan.

He was known as a battering ram and a human wrecking ball – but Aaron Hamill was done as an AFL player three weeks after his 29th birthday after limping through the last two seasons of his career. He sits down for a one-on-one with Mike Sheahan.

He played more than 130 games at AFL level, including a grand final, yet he is remembered best for removing several of Terry Wallace’s teeth without appointment or anesthetic. Melbourne hard man Rod Grinter sits down for a one-on-one with Mike Sheahan.

Ken Sheldon was a triple-premiership player at Carlton who was discarded by the Blues at the age of 27 – he later coached St. Kilda with a 55% win ratio before he was dumped by the Saints after four years. Does he have any hard feelings? He sits down for a one-on-one with Mike Sheahan.

Russell Greene played the first eight rounds of the 1980 season for St. Kilda, and reappeared the following week in Hawthorn colours – it was a shock transfer that reshaped his football life, and his life in general. He sits down for a one-on-one with Mike Sheahan.